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coming up to my two prizes, I had concluded, quite errone¬ 
ously, that these hartebeests were not Neumann’s, but 
Cokes! There w T as no excuse for this error, since the 
two species differ essentially; but I had not, till that 
moment, handled either animal or seen B. cokei at all. 
Acting on this erroneous premise, we next morning 
shifted camp beyond Lake Elmenteita, a long day’s 
march to the north-west But here, instead of Bubalis 
neumanni, we found the western end of the lake 
swarming with nomad Masai, whose vast flocks and herds 
had effectually scared away all game. 
During this march I shot six selected specimens of 
traversing herds of gazelles, many of which were close 
to him, some still grazing, others even playing, but 
none taking the slightest visible notice. 
The main object at Elmenteita having thus been 
achieved in a single day, I might have proceeded at 
once to my next proposed venture on the Athi River. 
Unfortunately, however, by a strange mistake, I lost all 
the advantages of time saved, and put myself to a vast 
amount of further trouble all unnecessarily. For, on 
STRIPED HYENA. 
